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@kingconcerto5860

Жыл бұрын

Why post this on a Marc-Andre Hamelin video? 🤣 I can assure you that none of us care about "Megan Thee Stallion" 🤮

@at__xyz

Жыл бұрын

@@kingconcerto5860 literally. that comment was disgusting

@virtuosafatale

11 ай бұрын

Was this intended for a different video? Looks like an error

@fTripleSharp

10 ай бұрын

@@kingconcerto5860 I happen to enjoy both Marc-Andre Hamelin and Megan Thee Stallion lol. I'm certainly in the minority, but it is possible to like both at once 👍

@1fattyfatman

9 ай бұрын

WAP 4 EVR!

Hamelin in a Tiny Desk concert. Life is truly unpredictable.

@antonymendoza4285

Жыл бұрын

Podría un niño llegar a tocar así ?

@brunoosio6708

8 ай бұрын

él era un niño antes.. @@antonymendoza4285

Amazing playing, rivaled only by that amazing sweater

@lindamon5101

Жыл бұрын

I too am coveting the sweater!

Shoutout to the sound team! The piano is SO crisp!

@urbankotto9685

Жыл бұрын

I agree.Often standup pianos sounds(saloon piano)this do not.

@Tibug

Жыл бұрын

My very first thought in the first seconds of the video was: Man! What a wonderful (stereo) sound! And this play! It makes listening a pure pleasure.

@fredhoupt4078

Жыл бұрын

lower notes are clearly out of tune. Bah......

@Marklar3

Жыл бұрын

A little too crisp for my taste. Especially some of the higher notes.

@humicroav215

Жыл бұрын

@@Marklar3 Agreed. We're in snare drum territory in some registers.

Lifetimes of music have passed through this man’s fingers. Composers nobody’s heard of. Pieces only a handful of people could play with competency. And he’s far from finished. Unparalleled. So humble, down to earth.

The precision is insane. Gets exactly as much sound out of each key as he wants.

@LucasOliveiraMusic

Жыл бұрын

Muitos anos tocando, muitas obras passaram pelas mãos desse cara.

@kingconcerto5860

7 ай бұрын

He's the greatest pianist of all time... That we have recordings of anyway. =)

@kingconcerto5860

6 ай бұрын

@@patrickmeyer2598 I agree 100%.

We are SO lucky to have the amazing Marc-André Hamelin on the piano faculty at NEC! His talent is unmatched!

@whoever121

Жыл бұрын

Shut up

@snorefest1621

Жыл бұрын

holy sht NEC have a youtube channel?!

@kingconcerto5860

Жыл бұрын

@@snorefest1621 It's an annoyingly "woke" channel, unfortunately. They seem to be hyper-focused on promoting performers who are either women or minorities, just because they're women or minorities. It's not exactly surprising in this era that we're living in though. It truly is a sad reality.

@snorefest1621

Жыл бұрын

@@kingconcerto5860 ok boomer (i study at NEC). Remember not everything is white intellectual men lol

@___xyz___

8 ай бұрын

Nippon Electric Company produced most of the computer series in Japan in the 90s. I am glad so see they are still around and investing in music.

I’ve never heard a ragtime song move me like this - it’s heavenly

@bakmanthetitan

Жыл бұрын

I'm so happy that this is bringing William Bolcom to more people. One of my favorite albums of all time is Spencer Myer's 2017 Bolcom album. I especially recommend listening to Dream Shadows and The Garden of Eden.

@bonimessner6360

Жыл бұрын

"Bravo"

@realkoko-loco

Жыл бұрын

It’s always been one of my favorites and it usually makes me cry. Marc’s rendition is pretty much the best I’ve heard. It doesn’t get better.

@iitalianii

Жыл бұрын

Heavenly is a perfect descriptor.

@bananeneter999

2 ай бұрын

Its hauntingly beautiful

His artistic use of silence is unmatched!

The upright piano sounds like a fortepiano, perfect for the CPE Bach Rondo…. Smart repertoire!!

00:00 C.P.E. Bach: Rondo in C Minor 07:02 William Bolcom: “Graceful Ghost Rag” 13:40 Marc-André Hamelin: Toccata on “L’homme armé”

@kingconcerto5860

Жыл бұрын

He played Bolcom's "Graceful Ghost Rag" as an encore when I saw him perform the Paul Dukas Piano Sonata.

@Scodiddly

Жыл бұрын

@@kingconcerto5860 That rag is played just amazingly beautiful. What a great feel.

@JJJackson777

Жыл бұрын

cheers mush

@jimfischer4703

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for the track listing ;)

happy to see that Cookie Monster is enjoying this performance as much as I am

He has been the most technically brilliant and champion of unknown composers for decades. Long live Marc Andre Hamelin.

He played Bolcom's "Graceful Ghost Rag" as an encore when I saw him perform the Paul Dukas Piano Sonata. That concert was the most incredible and emotional performance I've ever seen in my life, he finished the Dukas sonata and he had tears pouring out of him- it's the only time I've ever seen a pianist so emotional after a performance... The fact that it was Marc-Andre Hamelin sharing such a personal performance in such a small venue, performing one of the most incredible solo piano works ever written- it was truly a transcendental experience.

OH MY GOODNESS I had no idea my favorite pianist would be here. This guy is one of the best there ever was!

absolutely jaw dropping to see Hamelin light that upright UP. Bravo to NPR for always doing the best

This is truly the beauty of these NPR tiny desk concerts…from Kirk Franklin, to H.E.R, Yebba, and now MA Hamlin, they really cater to all of our musical tastes! How blessed are we to listen and witness great music from every genre. -Greetings from Bahrain!

this environment is so warm and cozy. his loose sweater (looks so comfy!), the music, the shelves behind him filled to the brim... feels like walking into a very cool, intelligent uncle's house and listening to him play in his living room. absolutely great! so pleasant!

This mix is tight. Props to the sound engineers - they really did some good work on the stereo sound.

@dncviorel

9 ай бұрын

Don't like the panning. It ruined it for me.

He has unbelievable finger control and technique. Only very few world-class pianists can play at this level.

@balazsvitalyos9140

Жыл бұрын

E.g. Sokolow

@jazzenthusiast4353

Жыл бұрын

@@balazsvitalyos9140 Yes, Sokolow. and Kissin. (though both can't play Kapustin, but Marc André Hamelin can!)

@balazsvitalyos9140

Жыл бұрын

@@jazzenthusiast4353 👍

@theponderingplumb9790

Жыл бұрын

My favorite is Krystian Zimerman amongst the others listed in this thread

@FenceThis

Жыл бұрын

Peter Jablonski

All of this by memory as well, what a master craftsmen! Bach, Rondo in C minor has to be the ultimate piano flex. He's a real gangster on the keys. Love NPR for this.

Quite possibly the best tiny desk concert to date! EXTRAORDINARY! Brilliant genius! Love it!

@davidbrook7121

Жыл бұрын

Exactly my sentiments, Linda. We were transported. Bravo, NPR. So grateful for this.

Came for the piano, stayed for the sweater ❤️ Beautiful performance. Thank you!

Wow he is insane! The dynamics and precision are breathtaking

@tedl7538

6 ай бұрын

And rubato used in the most honest, organic way.

Gotta say... -baroque- classical on an upright piano is... crisp 😫👌🏾 seems we don't often get professional recordings of classical music by professional classical musicians playing upright piano very often... this needs to change

@mboucher05

Жыл бұрын

Vikingur Olafsson's latest was recorded on both upright and grand pianos. Worth checking out and contrasting both versions. This tiny desk is fantastic. Wow. Merci tellement Marc-André de partager cette belle musique.

@sydposting

Жыл бұрын

It has such a precise sound! Like if a grand piano is a fountain pen, an upright is a typewriter. It absolutely suits the nature of baroque music in my opinion!

@OAmus

Жыл бұрын

This upright's sound is much closer to that of an early fortepiano, for which this was written. Huge luscious grands were still science fiction at the time.

@thmsrttg

Жыл бұрын

​@@mboucher05 I'm not a fan of his upright piano recording. The sound is muffled and lacking in clarity.

@18SchabergRafe

Жыл бұрын

I think it’s preferred by some due to the cut overtones and it gives it a much crisper sound, but as a pianist I can certainly say it makes early French music such as rameau rlly hard cuz of repeated notes and the different mechanism of action on uprights

That 3rd piece (the one he wrote) has (to me) lots of Ravel qualities to it and maybe just a tiny hint of Gershwin. His mastery of so many different genres is amazing and I'm sure it all contributes to his own compositions. He started off with baroque precision and clarity, followed up with romantic-tinged ragtime, and ended with an impressionistic bombastic soundscape. I've just discovered him with this tiny desk concert and am thankful to the youtube algorithms.

@WalyB01

9 ай бұрын

It what you get when trying to play a Ravel poem and a Prokofiev sonata at the same time. Its hard incredibly hard, especially to get out of it what's in their

I accidentally came over this video, never heard of Marc-André Hamelin before and was absolutely excited by his performance. Mesmerising.

Great artist! Thank you NPR for the Tiny Desk Concert platform! It delivers such a diversity of talents, genre, and opportunity for growth!

@graysongerni

Жыл бұрын

Tiny Desk used to be commercially successful art music rather than primarily commercial recording artists. It is wonderful to see this come back.

@SocietyKilledTheUnicorn

Жыл бұрын

K y s

@trinacogitating4532

Жыл бұрын

I agree. The variety of excellent musical styles is so welcome!

This rep is SO good for this setting/piano. Love Marc-André Hamelin, he's an incredible artist and such a nice man.

One of the greatest pianists of our time.

What a delight to wake up and listen to this wonderful artist🥰

Quel grand musicien! Je suis à court d’adjectifs pour exprimer ce que je ressens. C’est tellement beau.

One of those rare geniuses that was absolutely born to play and compose for the piano. remarkable

The greater the humility the greater the artist and not many as great as Hamelin

A well picked, well tuned piano. each key well toned, well played, well recorded. Played by one of the greatest. Everything is perfect. The performance had the power to make me stay watching.

As a life-long lover of piano, this is as good as it gets. So glad Hamelin came to Tiny Desk❤

Never thought I'd see a Hamelin NPR tiny desk concert! Absolutely surreal to watch such a legend playing on a little upright, especially a piece as vicious as that toccata.

you can just tell he's a great guy

Wow! When he touches the keys the air is sparkling. This is so amazing and wonderful. Thanks a lot NPR for this opportunity to listen to classic in an unusual way.

This is amazing. I’ve never heard Hamelin play before, but I feel like I just opened a door to a new world.

@tomowenpianochannel

Жыл бұрын

Probably the greatest living pianist because a scholar and student of the entire picture, obscure & less-trodden paths, jazz, extreme modernity, but at the same level as anyone in any 'classic'; a true artist, and someone who follows the tradition of Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, Scriabin, Debussy, Rachmaninov, and all composers for this instrument more full of possibilities than any other.

Tiny Desk knows that variety is the spice of life. Bravo! Thanks for all the different styles of music.

Hamelin is the greatest living pianist IMO. So often he is always playing something rarely heard, but very interesting. Love the CPE rondo. He makes that modest upright piano sound so bright and expressive. Reminds me of Zakk Wilde shredding on a Hello Kitty guitar.

@tomowenpianochannel

Жыл бұрын

I agree. Although love Brendel and Kissin, Hamelin is broader and more encompassing and a better technician than most others, to sum it up the master of masters in our lifetime, steeped in the tradition of the whole of the piano literature, and I don't think he has ever stopped exploring.

@Suplex479

Жыл бұрын

​@@tomowenpianochannel technically he's very possibly the best. But I think his control of Tone isn't quite at Brendels level. But he is very well rounded and can play everything very well

Encore Mr. Hamelin! I love hearing the history of the pieces he plays. Although the last one was a little tough for me as a non-musician, its still always a treat to experience something outside of my comfort zone by an absolute virtuoso.

So good... Also kudos to whoever mixed and mastered the audio! Sounds better than most piano recordings I hear, even with the YT compression.

An amazing talent! That piano sounds so crisp I feel like I'm in it.

@Bunslightyear

Жыл бұрын

I feel like you can almost see them they are coming thru so vividly

Never thought I'd see Hamelin on NPR! Kudos to you all!

@LisztAddict

Жыл бұрын

Lol KZread brought us all to this, it was like, Hamelin!! Let’s bring all the Alkan enthusiasts here to this random music channel

More of classic please. Thank you Mr Hamelin, it is a pleasure and honor to listen unique, profound, and original music played by so a fine pianist. I didn’t know about you and now please consider me as your new fan!

This is completely mental. You hand these people sheet music and they turn it into pure bliss and joy. „Tremendous“ as the composer coined it. And yet so humble. Thank you so much for the experience. 💗

the pure language of the emotions.

He plays like an angel!

More of this, please! Classical musicians who write their own music are my favorite. Hamelin has been my most beloved musician for so long, and I love his original compositions. The love for the classical tradition he was brought up in is still there in his music, while the undeniable influence of the contemporary sound world permeates the whole. There is a similar quality to Bolcom's piece. I get the impression from Bolcom's and Hamelin's piece here of watchmakers- meticulous ordering of complex webs of sound and fusions of genre to create something personal to them as individuals.

@flooo5071

Жыл бұрын

do you know other contemporary classical composers ?

@jefftam4044

Жыл бұрын

@@flooo5071 Stephen Hough also wrote his own transcriptions. Nikolai Kapustin just passed away has a lot of great classical-jazz pieces.

@jefftam4044

Жыл бұрын

@@flooo5071 Also Vyacheslav Gryaznov (he has a youtube channel), classically trained from Moscow Conservatory pianist wrote a lot of piano solo work. Most astonishing is transcription of Debussy's Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune

@Varooooooom

Жыл бұрын

@@flooo5071Unsuk Chin is a contemporary composer whose sound is very accessible imo

@StuartwasDrinkell

Жыл бұрын

Great comments in here lots for me to look into. Thanks everyone!

I'm blown away by his mastery of the pedal. It's actually really hard to get right.

A massive shoutout to Josh Rogosin for somehow managing to record sound this incredibly from a piano in an office.

@complexity5545

7 ай бұрын

So that's who did. That guy has the ear. He knows what he's doing. He nulled it.

So happy that this video captures what I have experienced: That pianists are some of the most passionate, lovable, humble, intelligent people on this planet. Love his presentations

so glad that he plays the graceful ghost

holy moly

He is one of the greatest pianists of this time!

It's so much joy to see and hear the master in this lovely, cosy, compact environment. And kudos to the audio engineer and everyone who contributed to this excellent recording.

This man shreds

This guy's articulation is incredible.

L’émotion virtuose ! Bravo à la magnifique prise de son du piano

Amazing music and talent.........................fanTASTic cardigan!

Just amazing!

this rag is haunting me, can't stop listening to it since i watched the video

I can't believe how the sound team made this quality of sound from upright piano, it's definitely clear and crisp, and they made this sounds very classical. In many cases, a lot of sound engineers make classical music sounds like pop or rock musics. They are totally professional, amazing!! Thanks to Maestro Hamlin to give us extraordinary special performance, and npr team. 😍😍😍

This is nothing short of magnificent, and I enjoyed it dearly (which, without a doubt, I will do multiple times hereafter 😊). Marc-André Hamelin is truly gifted.

Love the variety by having Marc alongside the other bands and pop music acts.

“The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.” - Oscar Wilde

@maudevelyne

Жыл бұрын

Merci Marc-André Hamelin de jouer à Tiny Desk!

@natuaaderholt7150

Жыл бұрын

Coachella sucks this year.

@maj-lenaskagerlund3118

Жыл бұрын

He always has something, doesn't he? The witty Irish genius Oscar Wilde. Whatever the subject - check Oscar Wilde 😊❤️

@bradleyvantassal8328

Жыл бұрын

Don't need critics. I'll decide what I like. Thank you.

Learning to listen is a vital skill for everyone. Music is a pathway for developing the ability to listen. Here is an excerpt from the writings of Marshall Vian Summers about learning to listen to life. "If you are present to the world, you will be able to hear the world. If you are present to life, you will be able to hear life.... Today practice listening to the world around you and the world within you. It only takes a moment. You will find that regardless of your circumstances there will be a way for you to practice this today. Do not let your circumstances dominate you... Practice listening. Practice being present. To truly listen means that you are not judging. It means that you are observing. Remember, you are developing a faculty of mind that will be necessary for you to be able to give and to receive the greatness of Knowledge." (Steps to Knowledge, MVS)

@johnchapman5125

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@withKnowledge

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing the passage.

@rodburley

Жыл бұрын

brilliant thank you

Hamelin: your toccata takes my mind on a tour of Dante's infernos. Incredible interpretation!. Congratulations from the end of the world

I had the pleasure of discovering Hamelin’s piano concert videos back when I was in high school. This was around the time of 2010-2011 back in the earlier years of KZread. Phenomenal pianist, composer and musician! Bravo on the performances and I loved the sound of that upright!

Marc-André Hamelin is an incredible pianist. You have to listen to his interpretation of well known and not so well known pieces to really appreciate his mastery. I had the privilege of attending a concert in Montreal back in the 80´. I knew the name before hand, but after that concert, I realize how much of an outstanding artist he was. Humility, unique technical capacities all at the service of music. Happy he was celebrated at npr tiny desk.

what a great sweater

Que grande y que placer escuchar a este pedazo de intérprete que me lleva acompañando toda la vida... Siempre es un placer verle y escucharle tocar 🤍

I have a young pianist here who thinks this is pretty marvellous!! Blown away! 🤯

That is some PHENOMENAL audio and playing. Wow...

the last song....WOW I absolutely love it. Modern classical music, just amazing.

Bravo to the sound ingenier Josh Rogosin !

Marc Andre Hamelin, wow. I've been watching videos of him play for over 20 years, back in the Google video days and in quite poor quality. This is amazing to see!

Oh man, this made my day! What a treat. I wish it were longer. I could listen to him play and talk for hours.

Absolutely beautiful!

Crystal sound and incisive precision - no room for errors - nice dynamics too

Great performance and hats off again to the SUPERB sound quality

Fantastic!

Wondrous way to start my hectic morning, now calm and with a smile. Thank you Marc, NPR, and Tiny Desk.

Whipping that upright into shape!! Bravo.

@me112012

Жыл бұрын

This man cast a spell on that little black and white keys thing for a piano..!

Wonderful & refreshing!

Honestly thank you so much NPR for this amazing video I have no words ❤❤❤

Merci à tiny desk et toute l’équipe pour ce magnifique concert 🎶 🎹

Mesmerizing interpretations of these beautiful pieces...he's such a master of precision and dynamics.

Wow - I just discovered Rondo in C Minor, came to check out the most recent Tiny Desk Concerts, and here it is, played by one of the greats :)

Some serious storytelling with this gentleman’s piano skill

That Toccata was amazing. Like Bartok's dissonance with a little increase in melodic thematics. What a treat!

Ein Piano am Limit. Ein Komponist, der gerade erst angefangen hat. Das Piano gibt fast nach. Auf einem großen Flügel hätte das vermutlich den Raum gesprengt. Fantastisch.

What a wonderful way to start the day! Thank you!

Made in Quebec for the world to enjoy...

Marvelous. New artist for me. What an outstanding gem ❤

What an AMAZING surprise to have Hamelin show up at Tiny Desk. I absolutely LOVE him as a pianist and had the chance to see him in person at the only moment when he came to my country. I wish I could have that experience again. And always mega-eclectic, right? What a selection! I absolutely love Ragtime, and to watch Hamelin perform a Bolcom piece, just wow!

Marc is supremely talented, thank you for sharing this concert. Had not heard the first piece before, loved the commentary between also

Loved watching him play!